Sabbath school lesson 4 4th quarter 2020

1. THE BIBLICAL
WORLDVIEW
Lesson 4 for October 24, 2020
Adapted from www.fustero.es
www.gmahktanjungpinang.org
“The eyes of the Lord are in every
place, keeping watch on the evil and
the good” (Proverbs 15:3, NKJV).

2. God’s existence
Creation
The biblical doctrine
The Plan of Redemption
The Law of God
A worldview is the way we
interpret and understand the
world around us.
Our worldview affects the way
we act and treat others, as well
as our decisions.
The biblical worldview is based
on God’s existence, and that He
is a personal God who interacts
with His Creation.

3. ATHEISTIC WORLDVIEW
• The Universe and everything in
it just exists
• There are no gods or other
supernatural entities
• Life has no purpose or meaning,
it’s only subsistence
THEISTIC WORLDVIEW
• The Universe and everything
in it were created by God
• God exists and cares for His
Creation
• We were created with a
purpose: to live with our God
forever
GOD’S EXISTANCE “The fool has said in his heart,
‘There is no God.’” (Psalm 53:1)
There are two main
types of worldviews:
The Bible explains that God is a personal God
who loves us and interacts with His Creation.
He is omnipotent, omniscient, and
omnipresent. But He also cares for each one of
us and longs for our company.

4. CREATION
“It is I who made the earth and created mankind
on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I
marshaled their starry hosts.” (Isaiah 45:12 NIV)
The Bible considers two facts settled since its
very first verse: God exists, and He created the
Universe (Genesis 1:1).
The rest of the biblical truths are based on those
two principles: The Law, redemption, the
resurrection…
The biblical doctrines make no
sense if we deny that God created
the world in six days. The Bible
cannot be true only in some of its
sections.
In fact, Creation is one of the most
repeated themes in the Bible (Gn.
14:9; Ex. 20:8-11; Eccl. 12:1; Mal.
2:10; Jn. 1:1-4; Ro. 1:25; Col. 1:6;
1P. 4:19; Rev. 5:13; 14:6-7…).
If we accept the concept of an evolution
that took place during millions of years–
either conducted by God or not–, we are
denying that God inspired the Bible.

5. THE BIBLICAL
DOCTRINE
“that we should no longer be children, tossed to
and for and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning
craftiness of deceitful plotting.” (Ephesians 4:14)
For example, the rainbow is just a beautiful
physical phenomenon for an atheist. For a
believer, it’s more than that; it’s a reminder
of God’s promise, that He will not destroy
the Earth with a flood again (Genesis 9:9-
17). The biblical worldview includes a series
of doctrines that teach us…
Therefore, Christian education
must be based on the Bible.
 How to live
 How to make moral decisions
 How to treat our neighbor
 How to interpret the world around us
 What to expect from the future
The way we interpret our
environment depends on our
worldview.

6. THE PLAN OF
REDEMPTION
“being justified freely by His
grace through the
redemption that is in Christ
Jesus.” (Romans 3:24)
God didn’t just discard His Creation when humans sinned. He had created a
redeeming plan; the Creator would die to save His creatures (John 1:1-14; Mark
10:45).
We are called to share this
“everlasting Gospel” with
others. The Gospel is closely
related to the Creation
(Revelation 14:6-7).
God’s Plan of Redemption was conceived before
Creation. It includes the death and resurrection
of Jesus, and the blessed hope of His Second
Coming (1 Peter 1:18-20; Titus 2:13).

7. THE LAW OF GOD
“Here is the patience of the saints; here are
those who keep the commandments of God and
the faith of Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
There is no absolute morality for the atheistic worldview. Therefore, moral
decisions are relative. So it makes sense for different countries to have
different laws about the moral behavior of their citizens.
However, the Bible introduces an absolute, unchangeable,
eternal, and obligatory moral law that applies to all human
beings: The Law of God (Exodus 20:3-17; Psalm 119:142).
The penalty for breaking it is death (Romans 3:20). This
made the Plan of Redemption necessary (Romans 6:23).
This Law is based on loving and
respecting God and our neighbor
(Mark 12:29-31). It’s the moral
code that shows us what is good
before God’s eyes.

8. “In God’s word alone we find an authentic account of
creation […]
In the word of God the mind finds subject for the
deepest thought, the loftiest aspiration […] Here we
behold the Majesty of heaven as He humbled Himself
to become our substitute and surety to cope
singlehanded with the powers of darkness and to gain
the victory in our behalf. A reverent contemplation of
such themes as these cannot fail to soften, purify, and
ennoble the heart, and, at the same time, to inspire
the mind with new strength and vigor.”
E.G.W. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, cp. 2, p. 25)